Ahead of their launch, industry partners with engineering samples (ES) of unreleased processors make a killing on Ebay. The same was true for one lucky user of a Core i7-6950X ten-core processor ES. Listed for auction on Ebay, the chip sold for $1,950. High-resolution pictures of the chip reveal that it could ship with a core clock speed of 3.00 GHz, which is not surprising considering how low Intel has been clocking its high core-count chips to respect 140W TDP, over the past few generations. The i7-6950X is based on Intel's 14 nm "Broadwell-E" silicon, and will be compatible with existing socket LGA2011v3 (X99 chipset) motherboards, with BIOS updates, when it hits the shelves later this month. Intel's policy on engineering samples, which its partners agree to before receiving samples, states that engineering samples issued by the company, are its property.

1945 $ Qwerkill ! I would expect extortionate 1,000$ . On the cover have invested a lot, as always, it is the most expensive part of a cost of about 2$.then we find that the Previous generation proved to be better according to the effectiveness of the core .Many leftists already have intel that is so expensive ,my thoughts on. and what you can do if AMD can not compete with indel at the moment monopol ,pay or get lost Intel thoughts ! AMD wake up .

I think almost the whole Broadwell-E lineup showed up and was sold a few days ago. Hoping one of those buyers puts up some overclock numbers. I really hope they've cured Broadwell's poor overclocking problem.

LAN_deRf_HA said:I think almost the whole Broadwell-E lineup showed up and was sold a few days ago. Hoping one of those buyers puts up some overclock numbers. I really hope they've cured Broadwell's poor overclocking problem.

As far as a good 15 years of experience shows though, Intel doesn't seem to mind all that much. I haven't heard any stories at least...

Afaik Intel would only get onto your back if you sell them as non-ES chips, since ES chips may be non-final chips and have faulty or missing functionality.

Intel does go after ES chips sold on ebay and other markets before their launch, they take it very seriously, I have heard stories, but they jut aren't made public. The large CPU selling rings are made public though.

Steven B said:Intel does go after ES chips sold on ebay and other markets before their launch, they take it very seriously, I have heard stories, but they jut aren't made public. The large CPU selling rings are made public though.

I have heard the same. Chip was likely bought by Intel, and not an individual.

LAN_deRf_HA said:I think almost the whole Broadwell-E lineup showed up and was sold a few days ago. Hoping one of those buyers puts up some overclock numbers. I really hope they've cured Broadwell's poor overclocking problem.